NFL's red and blue: Top championship markets

This year’s NFC and AFC championship games featured four Eastern U.S.
teams, and that is reflected in a listing of the 10 markets that posted the
highest local-market final ratings for each of those Jan. 23 games. The NFC
game aired on Fox beginning at 3 p.m. ET; CBS carried the AFC game, starting
at 6:30 p.m. ET.

NFC
championship game: Atlanta-Philadelphia

Rank

Media
market

Avg.
rating/share

1

Philadelphia

57.4/74

2

Atlanta

47.1/70

3

Washington

38.6/55

4

Jacksonville

38.2/55

5

Pittsburgh

38.0/56

6t

Buffalo

37.4/56

6t

Norfolk, Va.

37.4/50

8

New Orleans

37.0/54

9

Nashville

35.4/52

10

Tampa

35.3/55

Nationwide

25.8/46

AFC
championship game: New England-Pittsburgh

Rank

Media
market

Avg.
rating/share

1

Pittsburgh

57.0/74

2

Boston

52.0/67

3

Providence, R.I.

42.4/51

4

Buffalo

35.8/46

5

Cleveland

34.7/46

6t

Jacksonville

35.0/44

6t

Philadelphia

35.0/42

8

Washington

33.0/42

9

Hartford, Conn.

32.3/42

10t

New Orleans

31.9/43

10t

Columbus

31.9/41

Nationwide

25.8/38

Research by Katherine Johnson-Reid, The Sports Business Daily
Source: Nielsen Media Research